Nearly four years after he was indicted, a Bangladeshi man has been captured and extradited to the United States, where he will be prosecuted for allegedly masterminding an international child sexual exploitation enterprise that targeted minors using social media.

Zobaidul Amin allegedly “used computers and interactive computer services connected through the Internet to trick, extort, and persuade minors to produce sexually explicit images of themselves and send the images to [him] and others, and to transmit to [him] live visual depictions of the minors engaging in sexually explicit activity,” according to the federal indictment against him.

Amin, 28, appeared in an Anchorage, Alaska, court on Thursday, March 5, and entered not guilty pleas to conspiracy to produce child pornography, conspiracy to receive and distribute child pornography, child exploitation enterprise, production of child pornography, receipt of child pornography, cyberstalking, aggravated identity theft and wire fraud charges.

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“As alleged in the indictment, Amin used social media applications including Instagram and Snapchat to identify and coerce [hundreds of] minor victims to produce images and videos of sexually explicit and sadistic conduct,” the Department of Justice said in a statement.

He allegedly adopted false identities — often posing as a teenager — to trick his victims into sending him explicit images. Amin was arrested in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he had been studying medicine.

“Amin delighted in sexually abusing hundreds of minor victims over social media,” reads a detention memorandum. “He bragged about causing victims to become suicidal and engage in self-harm. He shared hundreds of nude images and videos of minor victims all over the internet and encouraged other perpetrators to do the same.”

Federal investigators first learned of Amin after a 14-year-old Alaska girl reported her abuse to law enforcement. She said she stopped talking to Amin, and he made good on his threats, sending pornographic images of her to her friends and followers.

Investigators eventually learned his identity and realized he’d done the same thing to hundreds of minor victims. The only way the girls could quell his demands for more pictures was to recruit other victims, he allegedly told them.

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“Because he was in Malaysia and his victims were primarily in the U.S., Amin viewed himself as untouchable by law enforcement,” prosecutors wrote. “In one conversation, he told a minor victim that the ‘cops won’t do anything,’ and the ‘cops won’t track me down because I live no where near u.’”

He will be held in custody until his trial, for which no date has been set.

“Yesterday’s return from Malaysia of a Bangladeshi national who allegedly abused and sexually exploited hundreds of minor victims worldwide is another successful example of the Administration’s increased efforts to find criminals hiding abroad,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “Together with our international partners and the U.S. Department of State, we are countering online child sexual exploitation, protecting our most vulnerable, and bringing these sick abusers to face justice on American soil.”

Parents, teachers, and guardians interested in learning more about protecting children from exploitation can find useful tools and information at Know2Protect.

If you suspect child abuse, please call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or visit ChildHelp.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential, and the hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.

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Dancing With the Stars pro Emma Slater and ex-husband Sasha Farber teamed up for a social media video more than three years after their split.

“‘Your ex-husband is soooo attractive,’” Farber, 41, lipsynced in a Sunday, March 8, Instagram video, while the camera panned to Slater, 37, who added, “‘But you’re my ex-husband.’”

Farber then put his sunglasses on as he nodded to the camera with a smile on his face.

“💀💀💀💀😂😂😂😂 @sashafarber1,” Slater captioned the post before adding, “If you can’t handle that exes can be mature and can be friends, I’m sending you love and positive vibes but I also know it’s not my problem to solve 🥰 meant with love, I’ve just healed [and] moved on from that.”

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Farber chimed in in the comments section, writing, “😂😂😂😂.”

Slater and Farber began dating in 2011 before pausing their relationship three years later. After the pair rekindled, Farber proposed to Slater on DWTS in 2016. Slater and Farber exchanged vows two years later. In 2023, the twosome went their separate ways — with Slater revealing the reason for their split was “the kid thing.”

“It’s interesting because I do want to have kids, I just don’t want to delay Sasha’s path in having kids because I know that he is ready for that,” she said during an episode of the “Viall Files” podcast in 2023. “I don’t want to talk about him too much because that’s really for him to say, but it’s about kids.”

She continued, “I do want kids. I don’t know what it is, I’m just figuring that out for myself. It’s not something I take lightly and I don’t want to enter into something that I’m not sure about because I would never do that.”

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Slater and Farber’s divorce was finalized in 2024. That same year, Us Weekly broke the news that Slater and fellow DWTS pro Alan Bersten were “hooking up.” The next year, Slater and Bersten, 31, sealed their relationship with a kiss during a live DWTS show.

“Last year on the last show of tour, I was like, ‘I’m gonna kiss her. I’m gonna do it on stage,’” Bersten exclusively told Us Weekly in February, adding that he asked Slater for permission. “I asked her beforehand, because I was pretty scared.”

Slater was surprised by Bersten’s gesture, but was game. “I said, ‘Really?!’ And he says, ‘Yeah, I’m just gonna kiss you,’” she told Us, noting that she still “didn’t think he was gonna do it.”

She continued, “He did it, and then we messed up the dance. Afterwards, the audience was screaming, and it was really loud.”

Farber, for his part, has been supportive of Slater and Bersten’s romance. When asked in an October 2025 TikTok whether it’s “awkward” to work with Slater on DWTS, Farber replied, per a fan video, “No, not at all. Definitely not awkward. I’m really happy for her and Alan and I wish them nothing but the best. That’s all I can say.”

Meghan Markle is celebrating her and Prince Harry’s daughter, Princess Lilibet, on International Women’s Day.

“For the woman she will one day be … Happy International Women’s Day,” Meghan, 44, wrote via Instagram on Sunday, March 8, noting that the photo was taken by Harry, 41. “📸: Papa Sussex.”

In the snap, Meghan is seen kissing Lilibet, 4, as the mother-daughter duo sat on a rock overlooking the ocean while enjoying a beach outing.

Meghan and Harry tied the knot in 2018 at St George’s Chapel in Windsor, England, and went on to welcome son Prince Archie and daughter Lilibet in 2019 and 2021, respectively.

The pair have since given glimpses of their life in Montecito, California, where they relocated in 2020 after stepping down from their duties as senior working royals. In February, Meghan shared a sweet photo of Harry smiling as he held Lilibet, who was holding onto several red balloons.

“These two + Archie = my forever Valentines,” Meghan wrote via Instagram at the time.

While recalling how she and Harry ended up in their Montecito home, Meghan told New York Magazine’s The Cut in 2022 that the twosome had been “looking in this area” and “this house kept popping up online in searches.”

“We didn’t have jobs, so we just were not going to come and see this house. It wasn’t possible. It’s like when I was younger and you’re window shopping. It’s like, ‘I don’t want to go and look at all the things that I can’t afford. That doesn’t feel good,’” she said.

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The couple ultimately toured the property and fell in love with the home.

“One of the first things my husband saw when we walked around the house was those two palm trees,” Meghan told the outlet. “They’re connected at the bottom. He goes, ‘My love, it’s us.’  And now every day when Archie goes by us, he says, ‘Hi, Momma. Hi, Papa.’”

She continued, “You walk in [to the house] and go … joy. And exhale. And calm. It’s healing. You feel free.”

In the years since, Meghan has gushed that the community has welcomed their family with open arms. Meghan noted that she has a “couple of girlfriends up here,” who are “stay-at-home moms and working women with normal jobs, not in the public eye.”

“Once you know us, I think you want us to have the same normalcy as parents and for our children as they do, despite however unique our situation is,” Meghan told People in 2025.

A body found in Arizona has no connection to the ongoing case regarding Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.

Days after a woman was found dead along a canal in Phoenix, the Pima County Sheriff’s Office addressed the speculation about the cases being linked, telling TMZ on Sunday, March 8, that they have “not been notified of any connection reference that case to the Nancy Guthrie case.”

News broke on February 1 that Nancy, 84, had disappeared from her Tuscon, Arizona, home. (Tuscon, Arizona, and Phoenix, Arizona, are more than 100 miles apart.)

Nancy, who was reported missing by a family member who called 911, had last been seen one night prior while having dinner with daughter Annie Guthrie. (Nancy shared daughters Annie and Savannah and son Camron with late husband Charles Guthrie, who died in 1988.)

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Since Nancy’s disappearance, Savannah, 54, has been absent from the Today show. Instead, former Today coanchor Hoda Kotb has stepped in and is hosting alongside Craig Melvin. Savannah, however, returned to the Today show offices earlier this month to see her coworkers.

“Savannah Guthrie stopped by the studio this morning to be with and thank her TODAY colleagues,” a Today spokesperson said in a statement on Thursday, March 5. “While she plans to return to the show on air, she remains focused right now supporting her family and working to help bring Nancy home.”

One day later, Melvin told Today viewers that Savannah returned to Studio 1A with a message of “faith and resilience.”

“I wanted you to know that I’m still standing, and I still have hope, and I’m still me,” she said. “I don’t know what version of me that will be, but it will be.”

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Melvin said that Savannah’s emotional speech to 100 cast and crew members included sharing her gratitude to the Today team for “caring about my mom as much as I do.”

“I’m holding on to my faith,” Savannah continued. “I still believe, and as my mom would say, ‘Where else would I go?’”

As the search for Nancy continues, Savannah and her family’s reward for Nancy’s return has been increased to $1 million. The FBI’s $100,000 reward is still active for credible information that may help find Nancy.

In an interview that aired on the Today show on Tuesday, March 3, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told NBC’s Liz Kreutz that officers are “definitely closer” to finding “a suspect or suspects.”

You know that moment when you’re standing in your closet, looking for something that feels pulled-together but doesn’t require a whole styling session? Shirt dresses solve that problem every single time. One piece, a few buttons and you look like you planned the whole outfit days ago.

Amazon’s spring shirt-dress section is quietly trending right now, and we found striped maxi styles and pleated midi picks to add to cart STAT. The styles start at just $10, which makes experimenting easy. What stands out is how polished and chic these picks look at prices that won’t make you flinch. We pulled together 13 favorites worth a closer look.

Elegant Spring Shirt Dresses From Amazon

1. Our Favorite: When a dress is both an editor pick and a shopper favorite, you pay attention. This 100% cotton striped maxi shirtdress with a tie waist earns it at $33.

2. Playful Prints: Finding a polished dress that actually breathes in warm weather is tough. This 100% cotton DKNY shirtdress solves that with a belted waist and crisp poplin fabric.

3. Darling Denim: DKNY took the classic denim dress and elevated it with a belted silhouette that reads polished, not casual. This one looks just as sharp at the office as it does on weekends.

4. Pleated Perfection: This Calvin Klein shirtdress combines pleated details with a belted waist in a muted brown tone. The result is understated and sophisticated all at once.

5. Totally Transitional: Spring weather is unpredictable, so a dress you can layer is essential. This NIC+ZOE cotton blend shirtdress works under a jacket today and on its own by June.

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6. Has Pockets: You shouldn’t have to carry a bag just to hold your phone. This belted button-down midi shirtdress has real pockets and a flattering V-neck for just $38.

7. Loose and Slimming: A loose fit that still looks slimming is a rare find, especially under $17. This Amazon Essentials navy georgette shirtdress uses its belt to create shape without clinging.

8. Rich Mom-Style: Pair this black Ladyful shirtdress with gold jewelry and nice flats and you’ll look like you spent five times the price. The belt and cap sleeves do all the work.

9. Stunning Stripes: A good stripe pattern is endlessly versatile. This belted A-line midi shirtdress in blue pairs just as well with sneakers as it does with wedges.

10. Pleated Perfection: Head to a spring luncheon in this light blue pleated midi with gold buttons. Toss your lipstick in the pockets and skip the clutch entirely.

11. Casual Classic: Throw this light blue denim tunic dress on with ankle boots for weekend errands. The long sleeves and relaxed fit make it a grab-and-go favorite.

12. Must-Have Mini: This navy blue shift-style mini shirtdress has short sleeves, a button-down front, and pockets. The business-casual cut works for the office and beyond at $30.

13. Cue the Color: This Lilly Pulitzer Larkyn midi shirtdress brings puff sleeves, a belt and bold, colorful prints. At $288, it’s A splurge, but you get that signature Lilly energy.

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Fantasy Island is a classic fantasy drama that ran on ABC from 1977 to 1984. Ricardo Montalbán was the hunky, dashing, and enigmatic Mr. Roarke who occupied a mysterious island that could grant its guests incredible wishes. What lives on in most people’s memories is his sidekick, Tattoo (Hervé Villechaize), who would announce new guest arrivals by shouting, “De plane! De plane!” at the beginning of every episode.

The series was emblematic of the time period in a lot of ways — original, fun, and, in several ways, very problematic. But that hasn’t stopped the entertainment world from bringing Fantasy Island back to life several times (including a one-season revival series in 1998 and a horror film adaptation in 2020). But a sequel series a few years back really captured the magic of Fantasy Island in a memorable way.

What Is 2021’s ‘Fantasy Island’ About?

In 2021, Fox aired the first season of a brand-new version of Fantasy Island. This time the adaptation is actually a sequel to the 1970s series, picking up several decades after the original. Elena Roarke (Roselyn Sánchez) is the grand-niece of Mr. Roarke, and she has taken up the mantle of running the mystical island to keep the magic within her family. She continues to offer guests the chance to stay on the island and fulfill one of their greatest dreams.

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The island doesn’t always grant these wishes in the most straight-forward way, but each guest does learn a valuable lesson, so that they still always take what they need from the island before returning home. There is magic all around, and romance is in the air, especially with Javier (John Gabriel Rodriquez) as Elena’s love interest. Instead of a man as her sidekick though, Elena has Ruby Akuda (Kiara Barnes). In the premiere episode, Ruby travels to the island to gain more time before succumbing to a fatal illness. She ends up turning into her younger self, and then decides to stay on the island to assist Elena. Their partnership is a compelling, feminist twist on the original show’s island staff.

‘Fantasy Island’ Is a Fun Continuation of the Original Series

Fantasy Island might be a sequel to the original, but it’s not necessary for you to have seen the 1970s show in order to watch the new adaptation. In fact, each episode contains a fresh storyline where you can see the island’s magic at work, but it still includes the original’s entertaining fantasy aspects. One guest gets to spend her stay on the island eating as much as she wants because her job requires her to stay thin. In another, a woman gets to see versions of her life if she chooses her boyfriend or an arranged marriage her parents want her to carry out. A stand-out episode, “Once Upon a Time in Havana,” portrays a young teen who is transported to Cuba in the 1960s so that she can learn the origins of her family’s story. This time travel allows the girl to be more accepting of her relatives and helps her move forward in a healthier way on her own path.

Each island wish is fulfilled in a dreamy, yet still realistic way. There are also storylines that carry over through the season, as we learn more about Elena’s own relationship to her family and to the island itself. The sequel works because of the leading performance by Sánchez. She’s the grounded, calm conduit who helps facilitate all of the guests’ wishes, but she’s also trying to find fulfillment in her own life. Her scenes with Barnes are also intriguing, as they establish a friendship that is both nurturing and somewhat complicated. But the real reason that Fantasy Island is so fun to watch is all of the guest stars that pop up on the island. Season 1 features Scandal‘s Bellamy Young, real-life married couple Odette and Dave Annable, and the reunion of the fabulous trio of Melrose Place ladies, Daphne Zuniga, Josie Bissett, and Laura Leighton.

There’s also an episode centered around the late comedy legend, Leslie Jordan. But Season 2 didn’t hold back when it comes to television legends either, with episodes starring Desperate Housewives‘ Teri Hatcher and 90210‘s Jason Priestley. Seeing who is going to appear in every new episode makes the fantasy series even more entertaining and exciting to watch. In the end, it seems that not enough people were willing to travel to Fantasy Island. The series was cancelled in 2023 after just two seasons. Although it only consists of 23 episodes, the fantasy drama is still worthy of a binge-watch, even if you aren’t familiar with the original series. If nothing else, watching the series is a nice tropical escape from the real world.

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Dawson’s Creek star Mary-Margaret Humes is continuing to honor a tradition with her onscreen son, James Van Der Beek, one month after his death.

James’ wife, Kimberly Van Der Beek, took to her Instagram Story on Sunday, March 8, to honor memories with the late actor on what would have been his 49th birthday — and also share new moments with the couple’s six kids. In the clip, the kids gathered around an outdoor table as they looked at a gift given to them by Humes.

“Who do you think sent this?” Kimberly asked, to which the kids replied in unison, “Mary Margaret.” After Kimberly inquired about what was inside the box, the children exclaimed, “Cookies!”

“And we always get them on Daddy’s birthday,” Kimberly explained, while one of the kids said, “Don’t stop sending these.”

Before unpacking the box, the kids read a note written by Humes, which said, “Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. For those who love with their heart and soul, there is no such thing as separation. Happy birthday kiddo. I love you.”

Humes, for her part, reposted the video and added two hearts, alongside the text, “Forever family.” Humes also paid tribute to James via Instagram on Sunday, sharing a collage of throwback photos with her onscreen son and his family.

“You are never more than a thought away,” Humes wrote. “Happy Birthday James … #familyfirst #foreverfriends @vanderkimberly ❤️.”

News broke in February that James died after a battle with stage 3 colorectal cancer. He was 48.

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“Our beloved James David Van Der Beek passed peacefully this morning. He met his final days with courage, faith, and grace,” a statement shared via the actor’s Instagram read at the time. “There is much to share regarding his wishes, love for humanity and the sacredness of time. Those days will come. For now we ask for peaceful privacy as we grieve our loving husband, father, son, brother, and friend.”

Humes, for her part, honored James by sharing a selfie of the twosome and a throwback photo.

“Rarely am I at a loss for words … today would be the exception. James, my gracious warrior, you fought a hard battle against all odds with such quiet strength and dignity,” Humes wrote via Instagram at the time. “I will always love and admire you for that. Our last conversations … merely a few days ago … are forever sitting softly in my heart for safe keeping. To our extended Dawson’s Creek family of friends, please be respectful of our silences at the moment as Beautiful Kimberly and family have asked for peaceful privacy for now.”